A delicious pumpkin cookie that can be eaten single or filled with whoopie pie filling to make it even better.
Ingredients :
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 ½ cups solid pack pumpkin puree
- 2 large eggs eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ½ tablespoon ground ginger
- ½ tablespoon ground cloves
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ¾ cup shortening
Directions :
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
- Combine the oil and brown sugar. Mix in the pumpkin and eggs, beating well. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Mix well.
- Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool then make sandwiches from two cookies filled with Whoopie Pie Filling.
- To Make Whoopie Pie Filling: Beat egg white and mix with the milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup of the confectioners’ sugar. Mix well then beat in the shortening and the remaining cup of confectioners’ sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
